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Unreal!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When Unreal was released back in May of 1998, it turned a lot of heads. But while the game delivered the most immersive and interesting single-player shooter for its time, the multiplayer game was very weak in comparison. The weapons never really seemed to pack a punch. The deathmatch maps were hit and miss. The performance of Internet games took months of patching before it was acceptable, but by the time that happened, most people had already moved on to bigger and better games. In contrast, Unreal Tournament goes in a new direction for the first-person shooter genre by stripping away anything that resembles a single-player adventure mode, and instead, it strictly focuses on the more popular multiplayer aspects of the genre.
Rather than spend development time working on a cohesive single-player scenario that most players will only play through once or twice, Epic Games used that same time to refine the multiplayer game. Consequently, the only single-player mode available serves as training for multiplayer matches by pitting you against computer-controlled bots. The bots have good, adjustable artificial-intelligence settings, which let you tailor the game's difficulty to your own personal skill level. On the lowest setting, anyone should be able to defeat the bots with little or no hassle, but once you bump up the difficulty, you'll have an actual challenge on your hands.

The single-player mode will also teach you the basics about each different type of game contained in Unreal Tournament. Of course, deathmatch is the old standard free-for-all battle. Capture the flag, the quintessential first-person-shooter team game, is also included. Domination is a different type of team game. Each Domination level has three control points; when you touch a control point, you claim it for your team. The longer you hold a control point, the more points your team scores. So you duke it out to see who can hold the control points the longest. Assault is yet another new team game in which one team plays offense, and the other defends a base. Each map has a different set of offensive objectives (push the button at the front of the train, destroy four computers, and so forth). If the offensive team completes its mission, the two teams switch sides, and the new offensive team must complete the same objectives in the same amount of time it took the first team to succeed.The selection of weapons in Unreal Tournament is mostly taken from Unreal, but the weapons have all been redesigned to look and sound much better. The new weapons include the impact hammer, which is more or less a portable pneumatic piston that you can use as a last resort when the rest of your weapons are empty. The pulse gun fires small energy shots in its primary mode, but the secondary fire spits out a rail of energy that you can sweep around, like Quake's lightning gun. The redeemer is essentially a portable nuclear missile; the primary fire mode shoots it in a straight line, but the secondary mode switches to a really great-looking guided-missile view that lets you target foes from across the level. The nice thing about the game's weapons is that they seem really well balanced. There isn't a single weapon that causes you to run away in fear when you see it in your opponent's hands. The weapons may seem a little alien to players used to other first-person shooters, but once you get a feel for how each weapon operates, using them becomes second nature.

As good as the original Unreal looked, Unreal Tournament looks even better. The character models and skins look excellent, and there are quite a few choices to make when designing your character. First, you'll choose a model, then a skin, and then you'll have a choice of which face to put on the model. The textures throughout the game look great, and the levels that have backgrounds look especially amazing. HyperBlast, the final level in the single-player game, is a good example: It takes place on a speeding starship. Stop to look out a window and you'll see stars zooming by. Hop out of the ship and run around on its roof and you'll be able to see other nearby ships keeping pace with you as you fly through space. Unreal Tournament has consistently ambitious level design throughout, and the entire game benefits from it. The levels feel less like simple first-person shooter maps and more like actual locations, such as starships, old mining facilities, and temples. The game's music lends some atmosphere to the proceedings, but it never overshadows the crucial sound effects you'll need to hear to keep tabs on what items your opponents are picking up.

The first-person shooter genre is fiercely competitive. But Unreal Tournament rises above the rest with its solid multiplayer performance, from its good weapon balance to its great level design. The numerous game types and mini-mods that ship with the game give you plenty of options right out of the box, and the large variety of great maps ensure a fast-paced and exciting game, no matter how many players you've got. Even considering its lack of a solid single-player adventure, Unreal Tournament is the most complete first-person shooter available.

GoRE GORE wait no GORE?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: September 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This Game has so mmuch gore in it it made me SICK!! im only 16 and i think the way U can dismember a gguys/aliens limb or other body parts is just sick!With the gore off its pretty fun espesily with multiplayer! but with SOME VERSOINS of the game U have to download a special patch witch takes bout and hour and 5 minutes so OTHER than the GORE!! it's a pretty fun game and word to your parents NO GORE TURN IT OFF your KIDS WILL GET SICK!!!

no stradegy involved

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I saw all the good reviews for this game so i got it. Well in the game the players and bots just run and shoot everywhere you don't aim well and just move too fast and choppy to actually have a good stradegy for this game.

The Best Game of the Millenium

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have recently brought Unreal Tournament, and I got to tell you its a VERY nice game especially the graphics. After all its has been rated by lots of judges and it won the game of the year award. System requirement are a problem. If you buy this game I recommend you have a AMD Atholon 500Mhz or above with 128MB and a Voodoo card. The game rocks with a powerful sytem!

this game is tons of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game is lots of fun. lots of cool weapons, awesome graphics, lots of BLOOd. simply put this is the best first person shooter ever, way better than quake 3!

Unreal Tournament - Unreal Power Required!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong, I love this game! The only complaint I have is that it requires a LOT of horsepower. I have a G400 with a Pentium II 500Mhz that make this game tolerable. I've tried other configurations and it is either too slow or looks like crap. Online play with DSL connection is good though.

I have to say that this game occasionaly crashes one of my machines to the point where I have to re-install. This occures even with the latest patch. However, don't let that discourage you from buying this game - my main machine has run this game perfectly from day one!

The best first person shooter ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you want action, gore, multiplayer, and alot of fun. Unreal Tournament has it all. With alot of action and plenty of games to choose, you can play all day if you have to. Multiplayer is easy to get on, the AI is mean and deadly, the graphics are outstanding, and the game is insanely addictive. With all new weopons and incredable levels, you will never get tired of Unreal Tornament. Buy it now and have fun.

But let me warn you, the game might be a little fustrating to install.

And The Best Action FPS Award Goes To...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...for its fun factor, craftsmanship and mods - Unreal Tournament. Though basically a multiplayer, the player gets to fight off the included bots (computer-controlled opponents), which turn the game into an outstanding singleplayer experience.

UT's mods are the greatest. From Strike Force to Airfight (flight sim) to Tactical Ops, there is no denying that these addons challenge even those of the mighty Half-Life.

The difference with said title is the serious fun Unreal Tournament offers. Moreover, the game is easy to get into.

In addition, Using ngStats, you get to view your match statistics - yet another reason to become addicted to UT.

A must have.

Unreal rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best it is so action packed. I especialy like the redemer it is super powerfull and can kill up to 6 people.

THE BEST ONLINE FRAG FEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok I have never played the first Unreal, I played the demo of Q3 and I Bought this in early 2000 and I still play it. Deathmatch is the most intense mode of play,a battle good happen like this, you could find youself to chase down an enemy and kill him and a second later you turn the corner to be meet a missle. You respawn to see a persone faceing you with a poistol after many stafes and jumps you nail a bullet in his head and pick up his pistol, but in the cornner you see a chain gun and you go for it, but another player beates ya to it and tears you apart with it. Assult capture the flag Team Deathmatch, and Domination are lots of fun to, but if you want a team based online shooter buy Tribes 2, cause in this game it is mostly close quarter fraging. Onlnie is pretty tought but once you get used to it it gets better. If you don't fee like fighting humans go fight the 16 bots that have great A.I. and on the highest difficulty to kill, and you can battle em on over 50 maps! Not including the mappack and user made ones. The Graphics are stunning and the Frame Rate is good.
So if you want a deep team stratige online shooter get Tribes 2, if you want a fasted pace intesne deathmatch get this, you shouldn't be dissapointed.

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